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the pictures behind us is d.c. united trying to get the field cleared in harrison, new jersey, where they were going to take on the new york red bulls and had to cancel that game. a lot of fans were up there. they had 2 inches of snow in that area, but it's very heavy and wet and it's still blowing and that is what we don't have to deal with tonight. let me take you to radar. we'll touch on the nor'easter in a moment. what we've had locally is sort of one of the westward bands of our nor'easter and what we have out there is mostly light, occasionally moderate rain. hey, from time to time maybe a little wet snowflake can mix in, but we're in our last few hours of seeing this precipitation and i think it will be gone by morning. we'll take you over to composite radar. it will look like there's a lot more going on here. we are just getting again east of 95 light to moderate rain showers are occasionally a little snow mixing in. if it's vigorous enough it, could dust the ground. that's the worst it will get for us, but
the pictures behind us is d.c. united trying to get the field cleared in harrison, new jersey, where they were going to take on the new york red bulls and had to cancel that game. a lot of fans were up there. they had 2 inches of snow in that area, but it's very heavy and wet and it's still blowing and that is what we don't have to deal with tonight. let me take you to radar. we'll touch on the nor'easter in a moment. what we've had locally is sort of one of the westward bands of our nor'easter...
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. >>> finally, instead of opening the mls playoffs in new york, d.c. united will now host game 1 against the red bull on saturday due to the storm. >>> brian back to wrap up the edge for you. where others fail, droid powers through. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more than ever droid does. >>> breaking news before we leave you tonight. we have a crew on the scene of a large fire in northeast d.c. witnesses say it is a warehouse on morrison street near union market. heavy flames are showing from the top floor. more information tomorrow on fox 5 mornings news. that's the news edge. see you back here tomorrow night. hope to see you then. anncr: their ads, hopelessly untrue. a west virginia casino launching the biggest ad barrage ever. don't be misled. the washington post says question seven is just... common sense. it'll create 4,000 permanent jobs.
. >>> finally, instead of opening the mls playoffs in new york, d.c. united will now host game 1 against the red bull on saturday due to the storm. >>> brian back to wrap up the edge for you. where others fail, droid powers through. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more than ever droid does. >>> breaking news before we leave you tonight. we have a crew on the scene of a large fire in northeast d.c. witnesses say it is a warehouse on morrison...
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. >>> ben olson d.c. united kicking off the eastern conference final game one at houston against the dynamo, 28th minute no score. nick deleon with the heed pass up the left side to leonard pajoy who tracks it down and in it goes, united out to a surprising 1-0 lead. 68th minute game tied 1-1. houston goes ahead to jiles barnes, a nifty move around robby russell. barnes crossed keeper joe willis who gets a hand on it, but will bruin there to put it home. houston defeats united 3-1, second leg next saturday at rfk stadium. >>> nfc east battle, eagles hosting the cowboys mike vick forced to leave with a concussion. 3rd 4th, there's the rookie nick foles making an nfl debut. he's downfield, jeremy maclin at the goal line, 44-yard completion with the score, eagles out front 14-10. 4th quarter, bad luck here, pass intended for desean jackson in, and out of his hands and off a cowboy defender and intercepted by brandan carr going the other way, 40 search yards for the score. cowboys -- 47 yards for the score, c
. >>> ben olson d.c. united kicking off the eastern conference final game one at houston against the dynamo, 28th minute no score. nick deleon with the heed pass up the left side to leonard pajoy who tracks it down and in it goes, united out to a surprising 1-0 lead. 68th minute game tied 1-1. houston goes ahead to jiles barnes, a nifty move around robby russell. barnes crossed keeper joe willis who gets a hand on it, but will bruin there to put it home. houston defeats united 3-1,...
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. >>> d.c. united, they open the playoffs at home saturday against the new york red bulls. game one was moved from new york to rfk stadium due to the storm. the head coach hopes the gesture of starting the series here will pay dividends. >> we talking karma here? >> i don't know. maybe. i hope. so i've got a lot of catching up to do in the karma department. i don't know if this will put me over the top. i don't know. i do think we are doing it for the right reasons and i think there's something good out of that and i think both teams feel the goodwill in this and i think the goodwill will probably go out the window once the whistle blows, but that's great. that's what we want. we want an energetic passionate game and series in between d.c. and new york. it's going to be great. >> game one 8:00 saturday. that's sports. brian is back for a wrap of the edge after this. where others fail, droid powers through. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. now more than ever droid does. >>> star wars fans are buzzing over the news disney acquired the entire star wars franc
. >>> d.c. united, they open the playoffs at home saturday against the new york red bulls. game one was moved from new york to rfk stadium due to the storm. the head coach hopes the gesture of starting the series here will pay dividends. >> we talking karma here? >> i don't know. maybe. i hope. so i've got a lot of catching up to do in the karma department. i don't know if this will put me over the top. i don't know. i do think we are doing it for the right reasons and i...
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under the proposal announced by the chief for d.c. fire and ems between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. d.c. won't have any ambulances with paramedics on board. these medic units carry the most advanced life saving equipment with a paramedic capable of performing life saving medical procedures, something a basic ambulance unit doesn't have. >> right now our data shows that we have a very limited call volume from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. and particularly in terms of als response. >> reporter: those calls overnight, even though small, are people's lives, but with scarce resources the department believes it's better to shift 14 medic units to peak daytime hours, a so-called power shift. our fox 5 investigation the union which represents firefighter paramedics warned it could endanger lives. >> we have huge concerns over that 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. block that there will not be any paramedic transport units. it's a 36% decrease in our capability to transport patients to the hospital. >> during those hours the department says each medic and ambulance unit handles about two calls and the city has 21 paramedic en
under the proposal announced by the chief for d.c. fire and ems between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. d.c. won't have any ambulances with paramedics on board. these medic units carry the most advanced life saving equipment with a paramedic capable of performing life saving medical procedures, something a basic ambulance unit doesn't have. >> right now our data shows that we have a very limited call volume from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. and particularly in terms of als response. >> reporter: those calls...
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. >> reporter: if there aren't enough ambulances, d.c. also has firefighters cross-trained as paramedics, but using fire trucks to respond to medical emergencies is more costly and has flaws. >> hopefully there's no fires during the same time. >> reporter: just a few years ago d.c. shelled out $7,000 hiring bonuses to recruit experienced paramedics, an attempt to boost the ranks to 350. today it's not even close. >> if we all get through it and nobody will get hurt because the system is failing. >> reporter: d.c. paramedics say they'll continue to answer the call but worry how much more they can handle. >> the department is training a new class of firefighters, but none are paramedics and the union says no paramedic training classes are scheduled. >>> coming up skins coach mike shanahan is raising some eyebrows with comments he made after yesterday's loss to the panthers. >> plus a brand-new scam in the wake of hurricane screen sandy, how local con art tests are exploiting residents' -- artists are exploiting residents' power problems and
. >> reporter: if there aren't enough ambulances, d.c. also has firefighters cross-trained as paramedics, but using fire trucks to respond to medical emergencies is more costly and has flaws. >> hopefully there's no fires during the same time. >> reporter: just a few years ago d.c. shelled out $7,000 hiring bonuses to recruit experienced paramedics, an attempt to boost the ranks to 350. today it's not even close. >> if we all get through it and nobody will get hurt...
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. >> reporter: if you look closely at the d.c. war memorial, you'll see the names of those who gave their lives defending the united states in world war i, but just as it is now, those brave americans never had representation in congress. >> it's one of those things that's really been painful. it's caused anger. it's just total disrespect. >> it is tragic that this nation still sees certain people as less than equal. >> i'm telling you i'm so proud of it. >> reporter: tommy rucker saw that first hand when she attended her son jonathan's boot camp graduation ceremony at the naval station great lakes in illinois. but when it came time to display flags and cheer for the graduates from each state, well, there was no district flag and no recognition for the graduates who call d.c. home. >> they went down the line and i'm saying this can't be. there was no flag with the district of columbia. there was no recognition for my son's service. >> reporter: congresswoman eleanor holmes norton says this should never happen again and is asking c
. >> reporter: if you look closely at the d.c. war memorial, you'll see the names of those who gave their lives defending the united states in world war i, but just as it is now, those brave americans never had representation in congress. >> it's one of those things that's really been painful. it's caused anger. it's just total disrespect. >> it is tragic that this nation still sees certain people as less than equal. >> i'm telling you i'm so proud of it. >>...